Uploaded by connectartists on Dec 4, 2008
From the album Vintage Violence (1970).
Musicians:
Harvey Brooks: bass
John Cale: bass, guitar, keyboards, viola
Ernie Coralla: guitar
Garland Jeffreys: guitar, backing vocals
Sandy Konikoff: drums
Stan Szelest: piano
GIDEON'S BIBLE
Holding on, with both eyes, to things that don't exist
Peering through the cutting wrist, at grand old mother greedy
Rolling out the cotton ship, upon the carpet pillow
Throttling children callously, a messy day with Clancy
Gideon lied and Gideon died
The force of China felt
Gideon smiled as Gideon died
The thought of China held.
Rolling out the golden robes and other foreign language
Stretching out the verbs and nouns together in the greeting
Some that felt the blade often, some deep confused emotion
Struck eye first against the wall of China under fire.
Gideon lied and Gideon died
The force of China felt
Gideon smiled as Gideon died
The thought of China held.
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Greatest living welshman
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This has my approbation.
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...Sandy, Ernie, and Stan, are all in the Buffalo, NY Music Hall of Fame. Garland hired them for his 'Grinder's Switch' date. Thanx for posting this.
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i was in heaven when i bought vintage violence
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Oh god this is good! Love the Beach Boys-style harmonies in the chorus - really lifts you to another place!
2 years ago 4
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Beautiful album and wonderful song! thanks!
2 years ago 3
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My favorite song of all time. Never gets old. Truly beautiful.
2 years ago 5
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probably the best chorus of all time
2 years ago 4
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One of my favourite John Cale songs. The viola solo at the end is lovely.
2 years ago 3
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pontello3 3 years ago 11
john cale is god !! haha i actually find cale to be just as genious a musician as lou reed or bob dylan but he never got as popular as them and i dont get it :))))
stiggyh 2 years ago 9